The roadway passes through Chinatown, crosses the Bow River, to the Beddington Boulevard, after which it becomes a residential street and becomes unavailable to private vehicular traffic north of Bergen Crescent (the road continues, but it is only accessible to Calgary Transit and emergency vehicles).

The road resumes immediately north of the "bus trap" at Beddington Trail, where it continues as Harvest Hills Boulevard.

When the roadway crosses Stoney Trail, the name reverts to Centre Street N and the road continues north and exits the city limits at Highway 566.

[6] It was designed by John F. Green, featured an upper and lower deck, and large cast concrete lions on four massive plinths, two at each end of the bridge.

The opening scene of the 2001 Steven Seagal movie Exit Wounds was filmed on the bridge during this closure.